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(08-28-2016 08:38 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: My Toro Personal Pace 22 mower is 16 years old and still in action mowing about 2/3 acres of grass in PA. Maybe I got one of the good ones.

Toro now has two different lines of Personal Pace lawn mowers - the one I have is the more expensive version (I paid $499 on sale, MSRP is $599) It's model 20381 Super Recycler 3-in-one and has better parts, an in-house 159cc OHV engine, aluminium deck. It has very good reviews and I've had mine for about 2 years now with no issues. It comes with a full 5 year warranty.

The other line of Personal Pace mowers has a steel deck, cheaper parts, and only a 2 year warranty.

There's a reason why folks are satisfied with the 5-year warranty version - Toro makes it to last so they don't have a lot of warranty work. That just isn't the case with their lower-end 2-year warranty models, IMO. My local Ace Hardware tells me that they stock parts for the lower-end versions out of necessity (they see a lot of them break down)... but they don't need to stock parts for the 5-year warranty versions - because they never seem to come back to the shop for repairs.

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I have done my own maintenance on the mower, including changing oil, filters, blades, wheels and rebuilding the self-propelled transmission. I have even replaced the ignition module. The drawings are all available online, and the components are not that complicated. I think I spent about $30 rebuilding the transmission myself, compared to a cost that would have made me consider a new mower through a dealer. As long as the engine is good, and the shaft is straight, a mower can be made to run a long time.

I gave up on push mowers last year. I don't have the strength or stamina to push one for very long. Although that was before I was being treated for apnea so it might be different now. I still have it. A cheap electric mower. Wasn't self-propelled and yeah the cord was a hassle but didn't have to worry about gas/oil.

I have a 2006 snapper. Bought it used. Complete with beer.. err water bottle holder.

Now I just need to figure out how to sharpen the blade.

Using FlashAir W-03 SD card in machine. Access through wifi with FlashPAP or Sleep Master utilities.I wanted to learn Binary so I enrolled in Binary 101. I seemed to have missed the first four courses.

(08-29-2016 04:00 PM)AlanE Wrote: I gave up on push mowers last year. I don't have the strength or stamina to push one for very long. Although that was before I was being treated for apnea so it might be different now. I still have it.

I am 66 and follow a self propelled walk behind. I figured out that it takes about 20 times back and forth to mow the 1/4 mile road side along on side of our property (not counting the yards). So, I get about a 5 mile walk in by mowing that once a week in growing season.

Doing that I have found has helped a lot with my breathing. A couple years ago I thought I had emphysema because I could only work doing most anything for 15 minutes and then had to sit and catch my breath for 15 minutes. Now, my wife and I walk a mile every morning and night and for 6 months I walk behind the mower once a week. I am no longer short of breath.

I strongly believe that moving is very important and refuse to get a riding mower - I understand some people have HUGE places to mow, but I would rather walk the 5 miles than ride it.

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Both my husband and I are 71 and we have about 1.3 acres to mow with many bushes and trees to mow around. A riding mower plus a walk behind mower is essential and then it takes us 4+ hrs to finish mowing. Hubby took the walk behind mower to the dealership and told him that Toro needs to get their s*** together. Dealer said he would fix it and maybe even do some metal work so that a guard can be placed around the choke lever to protect it from being bumped. Turns out, dealership has done a number of repairs to other mowers like ours.

We have a Simplicity riding mower that is good (so far). The Simplicity's predecessor was also a Simplicity and we had that one for 16 years with two minor repairs my husband did himself.

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